netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: dsa: check VLAN capability of every switch

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Message-ID: <8d6edbe3-a80b-6cc7-b7ec-d8f1578dea27@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Jun 2017 12:39:51 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: dsa: check VLAN capability of every
 switch

On 06/06/2017 01:56 PM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> Now that the VLAN object is propagated to every switch chip of the
> switch fabric, we can easily ensure that they all support the required
> VLAN operations before modifying an entry on a single switch.
> 
> To achieve that, remove the condition skipping other target switches,
> and add a bitmap of VLAN members, eventually containing the target port,
> if we are programming the switch target.

You could add in the commit message that with this commit, there is not
actually a functional change yet because we have one (and only one) bit
set in the members bitmap.

> 
> This will allow us to easily add other VLAN members, such as the DSA or
> CPU ports (to introduce cross-chip VLAN support) or the other port
> members if we want to reduce hardware accesses later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian